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Emma Crichton-Miller

Queer British Art

Tate Britain, 5th April to 1st October

In 1861, parliament abolished the death penalty for sodomy. Between then and 1967, which saw the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales, artists were in the vanguard of changing views about sexuality. Tate celebrates the anniversary with an array of work spanning a century—from covert images of same-sex desire like Simeon Solomon’s Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene (1864) through to David Hockney’s defiant Going to be a Queen for Tonight (1960). There will also be ephemera, photographs, film, magazines and designs for theatre—where gender-bending was exuberant.

About Prospect Magazine

In Prospect’s April issue: Ross McKibbin, John Curtice and Lisa Nandy examine the state of the Labour Party and question its survival at the next general election. McKibbin takes a long view and suggests that the party’s problems started long before Jeremy Corbyn, Curtice argues that breaking the party is unlikely to go as well as some may think and Nandy argues that tackling unaccountable power could help restore faith in the party. Nicholas Timmins says the NHS has always experienced financial crises so is this time any different? Lucy Wadham charts the rise of France’s Front National.
Also in this issue: Owen Hatherley explores Edinburgh’s architectural conundrum, Freya Johnston on Jane Austen and Avi Shlaim on the tragedy of Yitzhak Rabin—the last best hope for peace.